Praise the idiot. Stroke the idiot. Publicize the idiot. What the idiot did was a big deal but any normal person would have done the same. B.I.R.G. We are a great nation indeed. Trust us. You are us. Praise....

Just another Heartland Weirdass:Praise the idiot. Stroke the idiot. Publicize the idiot. What the idiot did was a big deal but any normal person would have done the same. B.I.R.G. We are a great nation indeed. Trust us. You are us. Praise....

Sorry, I am a bad person. I would have sat on the money for a while to make sure it's cool. Then it is all farking mine. Sorry. That's a lot of dough, could make my life a lot better. A thank you call from Brinks, not gonna do much for me.

We're going to have an entire generation that has either been to Iraq and Afghanistan or have an immediate family member who went over there. What a terrible legacy these past 10 years will be when we look back and wonder why this country's become a military dictatorship.

AverageAmericanGuy:We're going to have an entire generation that has either been to Iraq and Afghanistan or have an immediate family member who went over there. What a terrible legacy these past 10 years will be when we look back and wonder why this country's become a military dictatorship.

Yeah, it sure was a shame when we became a military dictatorship after all those other wars we had.

Haha. Right now, in Augusta, GA, a lawyer with the local Public Defender's office is facing charges of Theft of a Lost or Misplaced Item. Seems she and a friend found a $10,000 ring outside a local Cracker Barrel. Her friend went inside to possibly find the owner of the ring. When no owner turned up, she said she would turn it in to the police. Days later, the ring was reported lost/ stolen. They found her friend on the security footage of the restaurant, and her friend fingered her as being in possession of the ring and intending to turn it in. There wouldn't have been any charges filed, except for the fact that she took the ring to get it appraised, and solicited offers for it.

gopher321:Once again, the use of the 'Hero' tag misused. Doing the right thing doesn't make you a hero.

This. I had no idea that having a disabled kid made doing the right thing more impressive. In fact, I'd argue the opposite. Not having a disabled kid and doing the right thing makes you a hero. You see, having a disabled kid and one deployed in the military tells me this woman is used to making sacrifices. She has a very good idea of what is important in life, and what is not. People like her are used to hard work and rise above petty theft and such moral quandaries as to whether she should return the money or keep it.

Brinks should have done more than simply call to say thanks. It would have cost more to them than losing the 11k (probably insured), but they should have fixed her car (or bought her a new one) and maybe set up some kind of fund for the disabled kid. The ROI from the good PR would have been huge.

It's money. What does decency have to do with it? Are you actually claiming that people are 'decent' in their pursuit of cash? The CEO who cuts half their workforce to increase shareholder value? The police officer who ruins someone's life over a petty incident? I could go on and on with examples of people throwing decency out the window to feed their families..